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- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-12
Paulus discusses the specific criteria for identifying the object of a claim in an action in rem, detailing how different types of property—such as unworked materials, manufactured goods, garments, vessels, slaves, and land—must be designated.
[PAULUS libro sexto ad edictum.]
[PAULUS, in the sixth book on the Edict.]
Si in rem aliquis agat, debet designare rem, et utrum totam an partem et quotam petat:1 appellatio enim rei non genus, sed speciem significat. Octauenus ita definit, quod infectae quidem materiae2 pondus, signatae uero numerum, factae autem speciem dici oportet: sed et mensura dicenda erit, cum res mensura continebitur. et si uestimenta nostra esse uel dari oportere nobis petamus, utrum numerum eorum dicere debebimus an et colorem? et magis est ut utrumque:3 nam illud inhumanum est cogi nos dicere, trita sint an noua. quamuis et in uasis occurrat difficultas, utrum lancem dumtaxat dici oporteat an etiam, quadrata uel rutunda, uel pura an caelata sint, quae ipsa in petitionibus quoque adicere difficile est nec ita coartanda res est: licet in petendo homine nomen eius dici debeat et utrum puer an adulescens sit, utique si plures sint: sed si nomen eius ignorem, demonstratione eius utendum erit: ueluti 'qui ex illa hereditate est', 'qui ex illa natus est'. item fundum petiturus nomen eius et quo loci4 sit dicere debebit.
If anyone brings an action in rem, he must specify the object, and whether he claims the whole or a part, and what share; for the designation of a thing signifies not the genus, but the species. Octavenus defines it thus, that for unworked material the weight, for stamped material the number, and for manufactured material the species (form) ought to be stated; but the measure also must be stated when the thing is measured by volume. And if we claim that garments are ours or ought to be given to us, shall we be obliged to state their number, or also their color? And the better opinion is that both should be stated; for it would be unreasonable to compel us to say whether they are worn or new. Although a difficulty also arises in the case of vessels, whether one ought to say merely “a platter,” or also whether they are square or round, or plain or chased, which details themselves are difficult to add in claims, nor should the matter be so strictly limited; although in claiming a slave, his name ought to be stated, and whether he is a boy or a youth, especially if there are several; but if I do not know his name, a description of him must be used, such as “the one who belongs to that inheritance,” or “the one born of that woman.” Likewise, one who is about to claim a tract of land must state its name and where it is situated.
- 6.1.6.prutrum totam an partem et quotam petat
This is an indirect question clause with the structure utrum... an... et.... quotam is an interrogative adjective modifying an implied partem, meaning "what fraction (of a share)."
- 6.1.6.prinfectae quidem materiae
Genitive case modifying the following pondus. Similarly, signatae and factae are genitives with materiae understood, modifying numerum and speciem respectively. These clauses are nested inside quod ... oportet, which functions as an appositive clause to definit.
- 6.1.6.prmagis est ut utrumque
magis est ut... is an impersonal expression meaning "it is more likely / preferable that..." or "the better opinion is that...". Within the ut clause, the verb dicatur is understood from the preceding dicere.
- 6.1.6.prquo loci
An idiomatic expression consisting of the ablative neuter singular quo (or adverb quo) combined with the partitive genitive loci, meaning "in what place" or "where."